Coaching Staff

Greg Legg

President / CEO

Coach Legg is the founder and CEO of the Alabama Bombers Baseball Program. The following are a few of his current and past jobs and responsibilities in the baseball world.

Owner, Alabama Top Prospects - Founded the Alabama Top Prospects a scouting services devoted to promoting Alabama's best baseball players in 2007.

National Scouting Director, Baseball Clearinghouse.net - rejoined former associate, Bobby McKinney as a national director for the national scouting service baseballclearinghouse.net in January of 2008.

National Scouting Director, Gameday Prospests: July 1, 2005 to August 2006. Chief job responsibilities are located baseball talent throughout the USA for colleges and professional baseball programs.

President, Baseball’s Elite Summer Teams, Inc. : August 1, 2005 to present. Serving a second term as the president of B.E.S.T. Inc. One of the original founders of the organization and served as the first president.  Organization's primary purposes is to promote youth baseball throughout the USA.

President / CEO, Alabama Bombers Baseball: Responsibilities of organizing, recruiting and oversight of the program. He founded the program in in 2000 and incorporated as a non-profit in 2002. The program has grown from one team to three since 2001 with success in helping young men develop their skills in the game and furthering their careers to the next level.

National ID Director, Perfect Game USA: Responsibilities included the oversight and development of player identification showcases, the development of a division of sports medicine with Mark Noble and scouting players throughout the southeast. He left Perfect Game in January 2005.

Manager, American Legion Post 30 Baseball: Responsibilities included managing, recruiting and financial fundraising for the program. Took over the oversight of the program in 1996 until 2000. In the four year span the program grew to three teams and helped many young men obtain college scholarships.

Jacob Legg

General Manager

Jacob Legg rejoins the Bombers this summer as the General Manager and will oversee the operations of the Bombers teams.

Jon Mitchell

Head Coach

Scout Team

Jon Mitchell enters his third season as an assistant coach for the Faulkner baseball program. His primary responsibility will be to work with the Eagle pitching staff. He also assists in recruiting efforts and has done a masterful job with the upkeep of the Harrison Field playing surface, thought to be one of the best in the region.

Before arriving at Faulkner, Mitchell spent the 2005 season at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham.

While at Jefferson State, he instructed the pitchers, catchers and infielders. Mitchell brings a great recruiting background to Faulkner, having headed up Jefferson State’s efforts in identifying high school talent. Jefferson State had a league best .978 fielding percentage and the pitching staff lead the league with a .178 opposing batting average.

Jon started his coaching career at national junior college powerhouse Young Harris College in Georgia. While at Young Harris, Mitchell coached the catchers and hitters. The 2004 team set the program’s single season record for wins with a final record of 52-8.

Mitchell played college baseball at Snead State Community College and at Auburn University Montgomery. He graduated from Auburn Montgomery with a degree in Physical Education in 2002 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in turf management.

He is married to the former Susan Hamilton of Decatur, Alabama, and they reside in Birmingham. (courtesy Faulkner University athletics)

 

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Assistant Coach

Scout Team

 

 

Tyler Shrout

Head Coach

Senior Team

Tyler Shrout joined the Birmingham-Southern baseball staff in October 2006 and will be responsible for the pitching staff under new Head Coach Jan Weisberg.  He will also be in charge of the pitchers strength and conditioning, equipment maintenance, team travel and camp administration.

Before being hired at BSC, Shrout was a pitching coach for the Champions Academy of the Kentucky Baseball Club in Lexington, Ky., during the 2006 summer.

Shrout played his college baseball at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., from 2002-2006 where he was a First-Team All-Heartland Conference pitcher as a sophomore and junior. He led TU in wins his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons and set Heartland Conference single season records for strikeouts and innings pitched. The two-time team captain was voted the team’s Pitcher of the Year three times.

He played summer baseball for the Wayne County Raptors of the New York Collegiate League in 2005 where he was selected to the 2005 East All-Star game and led the team with a 6-0 record and a 1.62 ERA. Shrout was awarded the Leadership Award, which is given to the player who demonstrates the highest level of leaderships, coupled with strong work ethic and determination to succeed.

Shrout received a B.A. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Transylvania University in May of 2006.  (courtesy of BSC Athletics website)

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Assistant Coach

Senior Team

  

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Assistant Coach

Senior Team

  

Zac Welch

Head Coach

Junior Team - 16U

Coach Welch returns to the bombers as a coach. He was one of the original Bombers in 2001 and had a stellar college career at the University of Alabama as a first baseman for the Crimson Tide. He was a four year letterman and a three year starter. He graduated high school from Alexandria High School.

Zac is the second Bomber to return to the program as a coach. We are glad to see them giving something back to the program.

Zac Welch pitching for the Bombers in 2001

 

Coach

Assistant Coach

Junior Team